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Nowhere in the world is the shortage of leaders more pronounced than in
Asia; ManpowerGroup's 2013 Talent Shortage Survey found that management and executives are fourth in the list of the region's Top 10 Hardest Jobs to Fill, and a separate survey conducted by Right Management — the global leader in talent and career management within ManpowerGroup — and the Conference Board found that 45% of Asian HR executives said that their leaders are either not prepared or only marginally prepared to address business challenges over the next one to two years.

"Experienced, sophisticated and globally-minded leaders that organizations require to achieve business growth are in short supply right across the region. Yet, nurturing high-potential talent is a business imperative," said
Darryl Green, ManpowerGroup President. "By putting in place holistic, experiential and broad-based leadership development programs, Asian companies can grow their pipeline of senior leaders who will drive better financial results, superior operational value and increase competitive advantage, ultimately allowing them to win in the global marketplace."

As demand for local leaders has grown, the supply of available talent has remained low. Demographic shifts have contributed to this problem in countries such as
China and
Japan, where working populations are shrinking. In
India, while there are large numbers of available candidates entering the employment market, too few of them have the skills and experience that companies are seeking.

Talent development programs which strike the right combination of experience, exposure and education are most likely to produce successful results in a desired timeframe. Cross-functional job rotations provide high-potential employees with valuable exposure to different business functions. This can include what ManpowerGroup has termed as the "Reverse Expat" strategy — rotating a leader who is at the helm of a company's emerging market operation to one or more of the company's more mature and established operations, allowing them to absorb effective protocols, processes and practices, considering how to quickly adopt in their market upon return for immediate and lasting impact. Executed effectively, the Reverse Expat approach results in reduced time to value for the newly-established operation, and creates a more sustainable operation.